Ella Putney Carlson is a photographic artist, illustrator and educator. She has a Master of Fine Arts degree in visual art from the New Hampshire Institute of Art. She has also earned the professional photography degrees of Master Photographer, Master Artist, Craftsman, and Certified Professional Photographer from the Professional Photographers of America, and the Fellowship Degree and Educational Associate Degree from the American Society of Photographers. She won the 2019 Grand Imaging Award, the top prize in Professional Photographers of America international image competition, and was awarded the first prize GIA for her album "Most Wanted" and is nominated for another GIA for 2020. She has earned multiple Kodak Gallery Awards, Fuji Masterpiece Awards and Courts of Honor awards, and had the top scoring images in both the Artist and Illustrative categories in PPA's Northeast District competition and the top score in both the Artist and non-event album categories in PPA's Internationa
